Device for putting up stovepipes



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- Patented Oct. 5, 1897.

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Parana DEVICE FOR PUTTING UP STOVEPIPES.,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,163, dated October 5, 1897.

Application filed June 25, 1897. Serial No. 642,235. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWVILLIAM T. GILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Lincoln, Benton county, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Putting up Stovepipes, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description,'reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eificient device to enable one to put up stovepipe without an noyance or the trouble usually experienced in placing stovepipe in position by hand.

My device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure I shows, in side elevation, a view of my device placedover a lower section of stovepipe for the purpose of compressing the upper end thereof. Fig. II shows a side section of stovepipe with my device removed. Fig. III

shows an upper section of stovepipe with my device in position for reaming or expanding the lower edge thereof. Fig. IV shows a side section of stovepipe with my device removed. Fig. V shows a bottom View of my invention. Fig. VI shows a top view thereof. VII is a vertical section takenthrough the device along the line VII VII, Fig. VI. Fig. VIII is a vertical section of a portion of stovepipe, such as shown in Fig. IV, with my device used for reaming the edge thereof. Fig. IX is a vertical section similar to that shown in Fig. VII,

excepting that the interior thereof is without corrugations. I

1 is the main body portion of my invention which is of a truncated shape and similar to an ordinary skillet without a bottom.

2 is the handle placed thereon, and 3 is the brace to said handle, secured to the body 1, but which does not extend the full length of the side thereof. It is preferably triangulan shaped at the bottom, as shown in Figs. I and V, which triangular surface joins the main body portion 1 and gradually tapers thereto.

4 are corrugations formed on the inside of the body portion 1 for the purpose of facilitating the contracting of the end of the stove pipe.

5 is a lower section of stovepipe, and 6 is an upper section adapted to be placed over the said lower section 5.

The device is constructed with the bottom diameter somewhat less than the diameter of the stovepipe and with the top diameter somewhat greater than the said diameter of the stovepipe. For instance,'if the stovepipe is of six inches diameter the bottom of the body portion 1 should be about five and one-half inches diameter and the top thereof should be about six and one-half inches diameter. This causes the said body 1 to flare, so that when it is placed over the end of the stovepipe-section 5 and pressure is brought to bear thereon it compresses the top of the said stovepipesection for a short distance, 7, as shown in Fig. II. This compression or contraction is aided by the corrugations 4, which are formed on the interior of the said body portion 1. The second section of the stovepipe 6, which is adapted to fit over the first section 5, is reamed out at 8 by means of the body portion 1 being placed inside thereof. This action is further aided by means of the peculiar shape of the bracket 3.

The outside diameter of the body portion 1 being somewhat greater than the diameter of the stovepipe, the reaming or expanding of the end 8 of the stovepipe 6 may be accomplished, as shown in Fig. VIII, by simply revolving the device longitudinally in the end of the said stovepipe.

It will be observed that the one section of pipe 5, havingits end 7 compressed, is adapted to fit into the second section 6, having its end 8 expanded. A snug tight joint isthereby efiected and with butlittle exertion and a minimum of annoyance.

In Fig. IX, I have shown in longitudinal section a form of the device in which the corrugations 4 are omitted. y

The device is preferably constructed of cast-iron.

I claim as my invention and handle, substantiallyas described.

WILLIAM T. GILL.

In presence of.-

S. B. Lownnr, S. T. DYCART. 

